November and autumn in Penzance

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Graham Easterling

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Dec 2, 2022, 9:28:56 AM12/2/22
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FEBRUARY
A wet, mild & windy month. Wettest of any month since 263.1mm in December 2020. 4th warmest November after 2011 (12.1C), 1995 (11.8C) and 2015 (11.7C). As with October, a complete lack of any cold weather. 24 days saw the wind direction @09:00 being SW, W or NW. Deep depressions were anchored in mid Atlantic much of the month meant some big seas.

22nd:- Some particularly strong & squally NW winds.  
26th:- Rain all day, 23.8mm in total. 

At the end of the month the weather finally settled down. The last 2 days were completely dry, mild with light winds & sunny spells,

All Variations from the 1991-2020 Norm
TEMPERATURE
Absolute Maximum: 16.6C - 11th
Absolute Minimum:    3.0C - 19th

Mean Maximum: 13.7C (1.1) 
Mean Minimum:    9.0C  (1.5) 
Mean: 11.3C (1.3)

RAINFALL
Total Rainfall: 206.5mm (133%) 
Wettest Day:   23.8mm - 26th
Rain Days:  25
Wet Days:   23

Days with:-
Fog: 0
Thunder: 2
Hail: 5

WIND
Gales: 0
Strongest Gust: 48mph - 22nd 

AUTUMN
Autumn was mild & wet.
Mean temperature of 13.6C made it the 3rd mildest on record (since 1991). 

Rainfall was 450.5mm or 121% of normal. September / October / November saw 169%, 72% & 133% of normal rainfall respectively.

Graham
Penzance

Len W

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Dec 2, 2022, 12:13:06 PM12/2/22
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You of course meant November not Feb.

Len

Graham Easterling

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Dec 2, 2022, 2:16:16 PM12/2/22
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Indeed.

I'm clearly wishing winter will end quickly!

Graham

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